Gracious
Girl · GRAY-shus · English
Gracious is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “kind, full of grace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Gracious mean?
English: English word used as a virtue name
“kind, full of grace”
An English adjective used as a name in the same spirit as Grace.
- Say it
- GRAY-shus
Is Gracious a girl's or a boy's name?
Gracious is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gracious in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Gracious, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Gracious in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Gracious in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Gracious in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gracious in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Nicknames for Gracious
- Grace 1,636 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Gracious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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